Franz Joseph Haydn, an Austrian composer, was born on April 1, 1732 in the village of Popei (Rorau) near the border with Hungary. He died on May 31, 1809 in Vienna. When the boy was 5 years old, his parents saw his musical abilities and sent him to study in the city of Heinbrug on the Danube. In 1740, the director of the chapel of St. Stephen’s Cathedral draws attention to a talented teenager and takes him to the chapel. However, after nine years, Joseph’s voice breaks and he is expelled from the
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Franz Joseph Haydn, an Austrian composer, was born on April 1, 1732 in the village of Popei (Rorau) near the border with Hungary. He died on May 31, 1809 in Vienna.
When the boy was 5 years old, his parents saw his musical abilities and sent him to study in the city of Heinbrug on the Danube. In 1740, the director of the chapel of St. Stephen’s Cathedral draws attention to a talented teenager and takes him to the chapel. However, after nine years, Joseph’s voice breaks and he is expelled from the choir.
Haydn, whose biography includes many turning points, over the next ten years worked in a variety of places. Josef takes lessons from composer
Beethoven who becomes his pupil. Haydn's latest works include Harmoniemesse, written by the composer in 1802, and the string quartet, which remained unfinished.
The composer’s creative heritage is great. It includes such well-known compositions as Haydn’s opera Lame Demon, Haydn’s comic opera Roland Paladin (based on the poem Furious Roland), Haydn’s concerto for double bass and orchestra. /
A total of 24 operas, including:
1751 Der krumme Teufel (The Lame Demon)
1762 - "Acis and Galatea"
1769 Le Pescatrici (Fishers)
1775 - L'Incontro improviso (Unforeseen Encounter)
1776 – “La Vera Costanza”
1777 – The Moon World (II Mondo della luna)
1783 - "Armida"
1791 Orpheus and Eurydice, or the Soul of a Philosopher
"True constancy"
"Asmodeus, or the New Lame Demon"
"Apothecary"
"The Uninhabited Island" (L'lsola disabitata)
Deceived Infidelity (L’Infedelta delusa)
"Rewarded Loyalty" (La Fedelta premiata)
Heroic-comic opera "Roland Paladin" (Orlando Raladino, according to the plot of the poem "Furious Roland" Ariosto)
